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Richie Panch
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<h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>Panch had officially raced a grand total of 9,295 laps - the equivalent of 11,040.9 miles (17,768.6 km) of stock car racing – and had led nine of them.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> His average start was 18th place while his average finish was 23rd place.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> His total earnings were $90,842 USD ($501,968.45 when adjusted for inflation).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="death">Death</h2> <p>Panch was killed on September 1, 1985, along with the other three people aboard a <a href="/facts/Piper_PA-28_Cherokee/72CBcqfh">Piper PA-28 Cherokee</a> that flew into a <a href="/facts/Squall_line/vn1lU2uY">squall line</a> and heavy rain near <a href="/facts/Rion%2c_South_Carolina/H9FuE1v0">Rion, South Carolina</a>, and came apart in mid-air.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Richie Panch information at Racing Reference <a href="http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/panchri01" target="_blank">http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/panchri01</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Richie Panch information at Racing Reference <a href="http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/panchri01" target="_blank">http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/panchri01</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Richie Panch information at Racing Reference <a href="http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/panchri01" target="_blank">http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/panchri01</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Richie Panch information at Racing Reference <a href="http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/panchri01" target="_blank">http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/panchri01</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>planecrashinfo.com Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents: 1980s <a href="http://www.planecrashinfo.com/famous1980s.htm" target="_blank">http://www.planecrashinfo.com/famous1980s.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>